@@foremostwiseguy - You raise a valid point.  

Do you not think that unlimited use of upvote bots is the real issue?  I personally think there should be a sustainable limit place on each account as to how much you are allowed to upvote, not only with bots but also self up-voting.  In variably you will find that it is the large accounts that is creating the most damage.  I'm sure that a $10 a day restriction on each account ca be written in the code. It should be a non-issue.  Perhaps the code should also restrict self-upvotes to 20% of your daily value.  This will solve lots of issues on Steemit.